Holy Cow! Six, Really??

Yikes! Parker turned six. Where has the time gone. Parker is a little boy after my own heart. He started asking "how many more days?" at 48. Yep, like mother like son. I LOVE it. He is so great. He loves his birthday, everything about it. He had really fun day. He woke up about 6:00 am because he was "too excited to sleep". He had french toast for breakfast. Then, at school he got kinderbear. This is a huge deal, because Parker loves kinderbear. His cute teacher knows how much he loves him and I think she may have had something to do with "randomly" drawing his name. It made his day all that much better though. Grandma Jen picked him up after school and took him to Build-a-bear. He got a dog named Coal. Grandma took him to lunch and brought him home. Parker got to go to Karate on his birthday. His teacher had all the kids sing to him and then played a game where the teacher got to hit him 6 times with the blocking thing and Parker stood there the whole time without flinching, so, he got 100 tickets. Lucky boy. As soon as we got home from karate, the party began. Parker had 16 friends and cousins come to his party. They played outside for a while, then we played games and opened presents and had cake. (as per Parker's request, half chocolate, half vanilla cake). Parker is lucky to have such fun friends. Then we went to Wingers for dinner. Grandmas and Grandpas and Aunts and Uncles and Cousins were all there. We are so glad to have everybody so close to spend special days with. We came back to our house and Parker opened more presents and once again was spoiled rotten.

I have said this before and I will say it again. I know we make a huge deal out of birthdays, but its not going to stop. If Parker thinks that March 3rd was put on the calendar just for him, GREAT! We love him so much and I can't wait to spend his next 60 birthdays with him. Happy Birthday "T"!

Catching Up????

Well, I do truely wish that I could say that I have some serious catching up to do. But, that would be a lie. We have had a few very quiet months around the Proulx house. No birthdays, no missing teeth, no hospital trips or any trips for that matter.

Christmas was wonderful, as usual. Our kids were spoiled and we were able to have a great time with our families.

We waited and waited to be invited somewhere for New Years and when the 30th came around and we still didn't have any plans, we decided that we had better throw something together. So we had little New Years party at our house. It was quite fun actually. There was a ton of food. Some good friends, fireworks and some boxing. I know, WEIRD! New years is just not quite the same with kids.
In February, Parker tested for is yellow belt in karate and he did awesome. He was so excited and proud of himself. We are proud of him too. Well.... I think that pretty much sums it up. But, Watch out!! Spring is almost here and we will be coming out of hibernation. We will be having birthdays and baseball games and Jeep trips and Boating trips and boating trips and boating trips (get my drift) and all sorts of stuff to blog about. So, Untill then......

Grandpa Ike

On Monday Feb. 2, 2009. Cory's Grandpa, Orr "Ike" Larsen passed away. He was 87 and lived a good life. He was a great example to his kids and grand kids and everybody who knew him. Cory has always had great respect for him. I know Cory has a special place in heart for his grandpa and he will always remember him. They shared a great love for BYU football. It's the first thing they would talk about whenever they saw each other, even in the off season. Grandpa Ike was a great man and we will surely miss him. We are so thankful for gospel and the knowledge that we have. We know we will be with him again some day and grandpa knew that too. Cory was able to spend a couple of hours with him the day that he passed and Grandpa left Cory with his blessing, he told him that he is very proud of him. I know this meant the world to him.

Every single one of Cory's cousins and siblings and their spouses and children were able to be at Grandpa's Funeral. What an amazing sight. Annette spoke and asked us to look around and always remember what grandpa left to us. An amazing family. After the funeral, at the burial, all the little boys wore BYU caps as a tribute to Grandpa, I am sure he would be so proud.

Happy 31st Birthday Cory!

Who says its no fun having your birthday two days before Christmas. Cory's birthday is always so much fun. I hope it is for him too. It seems like everybody is in the party mode and also the gift giving mode. This year for Cory's birthday, he wanted to fix dinner for our families. He made some really really yummy taco soup for us. We had eclairs instead of cake and played games.

Cory is an amazing man and I am thankful for him everyday!! I love him so much. I love that he is such a great dad. I love that he is not afraid to be silly. I love that he works so hard. (well usually, but not this month) I love that he never says mean or gossipy things about people. I could go on forever and I know that our kids could too. We hope you had a great birthday Cory. Oh, and I love, love, love those big blue eyes!

All I want for Christmas is my Two Front Teeth!!

Finally!! Brock has had this loose tooth for over a month now. Those must be some good roots! We almost had him talked into the "ol tie it to a doorknob and slam it" trick. But first he wanted to just practice tugging it with a string, so he was, but the string kept coming off so mom decided to tie it on a little (alot) tighter. Once I did, I was STUCK! Brock was crying, Parker was going nuts because he just wanted Brock to "just pull it out!!" and we were trying to think of a way to get the string off his tooth when all the sudden dad just decides to yank it out. There was just a little blood, a few tears, $3.50 from the tooth fairy and a whole new pack of Yugio cards to make up for it. I sure hope it is not this dramatic everytime Brock has a tooth to loose! It was way more simple last time when the dentist had to pull it out.
I know that kids look weird when there teeth fall out but I think Brock still looks pretty cute. We love you buddy.

Whistle while you Work

Cory has been home for 20 days now. His surgery went really well. His back feels better than it has in a couple of years. His foot and leg are still pretty numb and he doesn't have all the strength back yet. The doctor said that could take a while. He sees the Doc on Monday the 29th to see if he can go back to work. In the mean time. I was driving home from the gym thinking about my plan of attack to clean our house when I thought to myself. "Why should I clean the whole house by myself while Cory and the boys play video games or watch TV." So I came in and wrote down all the different rooms in our house. Everybody drew out different room, and that's what they got to clean. To my surprise, this worked awesome. The kids thought they were playing a fun game. Cory didn't mind, because he got the kitchen and he secretly loves to clean the kitchen. He likes to reorganize the cupboards and make sure everything is just so. It did take some extra time for me to do my rooms because I had to keep stopping to help the kids. (Parker really likes to spray the dust polish) The biggest surprise was that Brock had to clean the bathroom, and he did so good. This was one of those days that I wish my little boys would be little forever.

Christmas Parties

On Sunday we had what is hopefully the first annual Christmas party with Cory's immediate family. (aside from Christmas day) It was fun. We had a pot luck dinner and played games. We played the game where everybody brings a white elephant gift and steals them from everybody else. Cory brought a Monster energy drink and Parker had his eye on it from the get go. Brock really wanted to get the deodorant. (I know, very weird) Maybe he thinks he stinks. Little baby Ike just wanted to hold any thing with paper around it that he could shove in his mouth. CJ got the Monster and was so kind to give it to Parker. YES, I'm winning the mother of the year award this year because I let him drink alot of it. But he shared with Cory and CJ and I don't think he is all that fascinated anymore. We had fun. It's nice to spend time with Cory's mom and Mel, and his brothers and sister. We missed Alyssa and Randy. We hope they can be home next year.

On Monday we went to the Larsen family party. It was held at Crosslands where Grandpa Ike is living. That was such a great idea to have it there, so grandpa could be there without any troubles. It was a Christmas around the World theme. Brent and Linda's family did a great job. The food was AMAZING. The kids got to dress up like shepherds and do a little nativity program. It was cute. They had a Christmas Pinata and everything. Merry Christmas to the Larsen family!